Eclectic Cooking in the Pacific Northwest

I have been meaning to write this soup up for quite a while. Since we cooked it again on Sunday (my bother in law, Greg came by for lunch), I had another shot at it. I think that one of the reasons that I keep forgetting to write something about this soup is that it is…

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Clam chowder is sort of tough. Sure, anyone can make potato soup with some clam scraps….just add enough bacon and it will be fine, right? I have to say that this sort of clam chowder is, well, offensive. It has no individuality, no style and no identity. You could likely pour a better version out…

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I never really had excellent barbecue until I moved out of the Pacific Northwest for a while. While going to graduate school in Nevada, I was educated regarding my ignorance of this fine branch of Americana cooking by my colleagues. The pulled pork and smoked ribs that we were able to get at the local…

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It is always a fantastic thing when summer is finally here and we can rely on regular vegetables from the garden. This year we tried something a bit different. We typically plant bush-type Oregon Sugar Pod peas and I have to say they are a very nice pea. They produce reliably over a moderately long…

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Steamer clams, like the ones pictured above, are a nostalgic food for me and I typically associate them with summer. You see, summer was the time that my family often spent time camping on the west side of Puget Sound on a body of water called Hood Canal. Gathering and eating various forms of seafood was…